History of Hamilton County, Indiana : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 36

Author: Helm, Thomas B. cn
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago : Kingman Brothers
Number of Pages: 428


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On another page of this work in a group of portraits representing some of the maulical men of Hamilton County, may be found that of William B. Gra. ham, M. D.


TO THE PUBLIC.


VICTOR HUGO wrote " The Toilers of the Sen," but God wrote in the Itnok of book 9, " The tuilers of the earth," but the varions plinsey and changes of life preeinde our entering into details of the same. So our space will be devoted to the tailers of the carile, as we studerstand at, in common parlance, the farmer in particular, and the real estate owner in general. Our deve is to call the attention of the cultivator of the road, he he venter or unuer, the pauvreans of a lot, house and lot, or real estate in way form, to the fact that if he wants to change his position, situation or condition, that The only way it can be sureewsfully done is through the Arm of WAINWRIGHT & HI ALL, who have, and still do make it their especial business in Hamilton County, in addition to which we buy and sell real estate, collect marcus, release mortgages, esente d eiland mortgages, quest titles, and practice before the Commissioners' Court of the County, pay taxes for nop-residents and altend to all business relating to real estate, and loan money in all sams, on the best of terms, and at a low rato of interest. All this in rublition lo the innking of an


ABSTRACT OF TITLE


In Any and all real estate within the county. It will not be amise at this time to refer to the nhstract of the above-named hrm. Some five years ago, Thomas E. Boyd, then Recorder for Hamilton County, and John H. Butler, bis Deputy, conceived the idea of munking an alstrart of Hamilton County, for the benefit of those af interest, and of courso to their pecuniary benefit. After long consultation it was finally agreed upon that an abstract must be mnde. Then in settle upon a plan of making, forin, etc At Inst it was conceived by the united minds of the two, and the work began. in a very short trine, what seemed like hoy's play, grew to a man's labor, and from that to & seeming impossibility. But by steady and untiring effort, the matter was pursued, many chtheulties uvercome and more brought to light, But with a full determination not to be outdone, as had been the case with several parties who hnd undertaken the same enterprise, they labored on until the spring of 1878, when Maj. W. A. Wain- wright bought the undivided one hnif interest ot J. H. flu ler, and then the work commienerd in earnest. Day by day, from ton to twelve hours each, ont Boyd & Wainwright tod for its comjdetion. Books were bought, lithographie presses were braught inin use, the condensation of great minds through the aleam printing press, the cunning hand of the binder, and hundreds of little unthought-of mintiers, manijat- Inted fur the benefit of precision, speed and simplicity, were so blended together, that to-day they can and do como hefare you and nevert that they have the best nhatract of real estate in the State of Indinun.


In March, 1878, Mr. T. E. Hayd, having since boyhond desired to enter the legal nrenn, and being peculiariy fitted for the profession, sold his one-half interest to Mr. K. K. Hall, who brought to the present firm of Wainwright & Hall the experience of years in commercial pursuits, also of eight years as Auditor of this county, giving the firm superior knowledge of all the recordle and history of the real estate within this county.


Wo fiul that there are four hundred sections in the conoty of Hamilton, each of which contains six hundred and forty neres. These tracte or parcele are, in a grent number of instances, divided up into small Iracts of one-half more or less, yet the whole history of the amail pieces named may ho traced in their bonka as readily as


you read the morning papers, and in many enses with much better understanding. In order to have the abstract os perfer! as it is, they have a copy of Every entry made of land in Hamilton County. Of every will ever innde in Hamilton County (of record).


Of every administrator's deed.


Of every executor's deed.


Of every guardian's deed.


Of every commissioners' deed.


Of every partition of land among heirs. Of every mortgage.


And in all their entries they have in each and every instanro made an entry of the description ns given in the deed, And if the same is thought to be incorrect, the fact is noted, that the anme may be brought to the observance of the nbatractor. It is impossible, in our short space, to fully explain the various details of the abstract. The expense to Meusrs, Wainwright & Haft has, np to this time, been nearly $6.000), which is surely quite an investment of capitni in a venture so entirely new to the people. But from those who have had abstracts prepared (and they anmber muny) letters of encomium could easily be obtained, verifying the statement that the business is one of vital importance to parties owning land in Itamilton County. It may acem an exaggeration, Imit it is no less n fart, that (H) per cent of the titles of real estate in Hamilton County are imperfect, but are heing daily rectified through the energica of Wainwright & Unil. Not that they make your title clear, " here or hereafter," Int they do so write up ity history that all the shortcomings, whether from missing deeds or wrong descriptions, or other errors, so fully show themselves that you may perfect. the anme ere it is too late. There is no coercion in the matter, but there is not one foot of ground in Hamilton County but requires ite history should be given to its present owner, that he or she may sce io what condition the title is to the little home or the broad acres upon which they live. Not a week] passes but what some fellow- being is made happy through the information given by Wainwright & Hall as In their tinle. In many instances, old mortgages are not released, deeds not being recorded, parties sell interest without a little of record, etc., etc., and, by reference to their val- uthle abstract, a few hours' work puts the title complete on the record without a suit at Inw left for the wife nod little ones to suffer from.


OF WHOM TO PURCHASE. Don't go to a hardware store in tony druge-or to n furniture store in to groceries-or to a saloon to buy books-ar to a clothing store to bury park, illess you want to show that you are a greeny ; but go to those who adver jer and deal In the article you want. Therefore Inquire at i land office for any thing you want in that Une, Tell what you want, and yon will get the desired information, We are jerded on lands, nunl hatte on tour books the very best of bargains at all times. We have a complete abstract of title to all lande in the county, and can tell you at ober more about the toffe to any trart of land In Ihr county than yon can learn ontstar of a land offire In a week. We make it our business to keep printed on all land matter,


If you want to get taken In, buy of some one that has only one farm to sell. If you want to imy cheap and gel a goil incathem with good title, consult'a man who Is in the bust- Hr44, and can give you the choice of many Intins."


INVESTMENTS. To Guardians, Evrentops, Administrators and all per- sons havinga enridny of money. We have calls dally for small and large sums, which we will place on first mortgage and perfect title, giving you futter security than to lean on perwunt paper, or to Inke a man's word as to whether he Is amply able to pay bile Inechteduess or not.


TO THE MERCHANT,


At home or nhroad. We can and will tell you at oner the financial condition of any resident of the county. Telegrams and postale rerrive prompt attention.


Respectfully. WAINWRIGHT & HALL.


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ADAMS TOWNSHIP.


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ADAMS TOWNSHIP.


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DAMS, the northwest carver township of Hamilton County, was set


apart by the Board of Commissioners in November, 1833, and, owing to the limited population of this and the adjoining township of Jackson, the two we're temporarily united for jurisdiction. At a subsequent session of the same board, however, this union was dissolved, and they were declared separate townshipw.


Originally, the territory now embraced by this township was a native wil- derness, in which, to use a phrase uttered by one of its pioneers, "there was not a tree amiss." This would imply n density of forest which might well strike dismay to the heart of one reared amid settlements long established, and farms well cultivated; but it only met the anticipations of the hardy men and courageous women who came from the East and South to sublue it, and estab. lish homes, where, but a short time before, the camp-fires of wandering Indians cast their glow into the reeesses, making ghostly figures and fantastic shadows; to possess themselves of the lands so recently vacated by the savages, and unite the elements of civilization with the traces of barbarism. Theirs was no easy task, and the years of patient toil, and the tender loves which animated them und norved their arms in this strugle, are not less deserving of partie praise ur honorable mention in the pages of history than the patriotism that fires the heart of the hero of the gory fray ; for theirs was a battle less sanguinary, though fully as decisive as any ever funght on tented field. Their mission was the redemption of a large and rich scope of country from a state of unproduc- tiveness, and its transformation into fertile farms and snug homes; and nobly did they fulfill their calling, never flinching before the hardships they were called upon to endure day by day, and never giving hospitable lodgment to ferlings of discouragement. They led the attack, and prepared the way for the improvements which signalized later years, and their example and achieve- ments will ever be among their richest legacies to a grateful posterity.


The characteristics of the pioneer were not bounded by township lines; what applies to one settlement, applies with equal force to all. Indeed, the history of one township is seareely more than a repetition of the history of another, excepting the variations of names and dates. Events nearly, and sometimes quite, identical in nature, transpired almost simultaneously in several localities ; the first settlement was made, the first cabin creeted, or the first ground cleared, in localities at opposite extremes of the county, or probably not mure remote than the adjoining township, by families who, perhaps, had bren constant companions during the tedious overland journey to their Western home, and who were only separated by their respective choire of location. in such an event, the various stages of improvement would naturally develop at about the same time in the different sections, and, as cach township must be treated as a separate community, the record of its early events cannot be free from a certain monotony. The characteristics, therefore, which distinguished the members of one community, when mentioned at all, are understood as the invariable attributes of all pioneers. Their industry and their noble self-saeri- fives have formed the theme for many a song, and their characters have been held up to younger generations for emulation, by many an eloquent orator, and, though time may bury their forms beneath its current, the land in which we live will ever be a reminder of their labors, and a monument to their memory.


THE FIRST SETTLER A FUGITIVE FROM PERSECI TION.


At Spottsylvania, Va., prior to the war of 1812, lived a wealthy and influ- ential citizen, George Boxley. He was n man uf strong charneter, and, when he believed himself to be right, he was immovable. By honest toil, he had acquired his wealth, and, at the time of which we write, was the proprietor of n saw-mill, grist-mill and "carding-gin " or (woolen-mill), all three being operated under one roof, in a builling sitnated on the bank of one of the stremns of Spettsylvania County. Like many persons of means in those days, he possessed a number of slaves, but became impressed with the injustice of the institution and liberated them.


During the war of 1812, he was tendered an henorable and responsible position by the Government of the I'nited States, which he filled with credit, receiving ns n token n handsome silver-hilted Aword from the Government, by whose appointment he was acting. No inn stood higher in the community,


and none possessed the esteem of his neighbors in a greater degree than he. But his conviction of right prompted him to do a deed that placed him before his countrymen in the light of a filon. It was an act in the interest of human- ity, get one which was a flagrant violation of one of the most rigidly enforced laws of that day, and the penalty was death. His crime was this: Ohne night in the winter of 1811, two negroes stole up to his house, knowing his sympathy for the fugitive slave. They were endeavoring to make their osals from a cruel master, and Mr. Boxley's sympathies were at once enlisted in their behalf. He-concealed them at his mill, and, as con as circumstances permitted, he conveyed them to Greenbrier County, and started them on their road to liberty. By this act, be compromised his own liberty ; some one hal heard of his deed, and he was arrested and cast into the county jail, where he was bound down with chains. A court convicted him of the filony with which he was charged, and sentence of death was passed upon him. Shortly before the day set for his everution, his wife and children were admitted to the jail to take an eternal farewell of the loved husband mud father, but the watchful guards little thought that the gentle, tearful woman who came as a mourner, was to be the power through whom their condemned follow-citizen should be restored to life and liberty; yet such was the case. In the agony of her soul, she had determined to brave the terrors of the law, in one last desperate effort to release her husband. On this last occasion, she came with a line spring- saw concealed in the hem of her skirt, and delivered it to her husband during the visit. That night he sawed his shackles apart, and escaped from the jail through an aperture previously made in the wall during his confinement. nud which had been carefully coneraled during the day time. He reached the prison yard safely, and looking up saw the guards pacing the walls, At this, he felt n chill of fear, but pushed bravely on, knowing that death awaited him in either event, and that his discovery by the guards would only hasten the inevitable. He reached the wall, and sealed it safely, dropping quietly on the outside of the prison bonnes and breathed the air again, a free man. Traveling by night and by obscure routes, he reached Pittsburgh, Penn., where he changed his name to Burke, and engaged in the vocation of school-teaching. During his snjourn here he wrote two pamphlets, which were largely circulated-one in opposition to the banking system of that day, and one in opposition to the institution of slavery. During this time, he contrived to inform his wife that he was still living, but, believing that locality to be too near his former home for her to join him with safety, he determined to go to Missouri, where he was shortly afterward joined by his family. Subsequently he removed to Fayette County, Ohio, where he hoped that he was safe from his perseentors ; but his hope was suddenly dispelled. Two men, named respectively Jury and Walls, passed through the vicinity of his Ohio home with a drove of horses for Vir- ginia, and recognized him. I'mon their arrival in that State, they saw an advertisement offering a large reward for the capture and return of the fugi- tive, and, arming themselves with a copy of this paper, they started for Ohio, thinking to enrich themselves by returning him to the authorities. As they prared his house, they saw him in the field, and approaching I'm one of them took him roughly by the shoulder, exclaiming, " You are my prisoner," and presenting the advertisement in lieu of a warrant. They overpowered him, and dragged him from the field and into the woods; but his sons, Thomas and Addison, knew where to go for assistance, and lost no time in giving the alarm.


Two friends, John Howo and Jona 'Marchant, armed with guns, started in pursuit of the kidnappers, and, after a chase of about two miles, overtook them. An exciting scene ensued, and, in view of the danger that menaced them, the drovers concluded to surrender their prisoner. Mr. Boxley remained at home that night, but, knowing that his whereabouts could not long he kept sceret, he fled tho next day, ognin going to Missouri. After a few months, he received a message front his frienda in Ohio, persuading him to return, and pledging themselves to stand by him and protect him. lle did as they sug- gested, and lived quietly in Fayetto County for several years. Ile lived in drend, however, and determined to seek grenter security io one of the new set- tlements of Indiano. Ile started West, reaching Strawtown, and then decided to go farther, to tho settlement en the Wabash, in Tippecanoe County, Ilis route led him past the land upon which be subsequently settled, and which he


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HISTORY OF HAMILTON COUNTY, INDIANA.


marked at the time, intending to return to it, if not satisfied with the location on the Wabash. The latter proved to be the case, and in the fall of 1828, he came to reside on the land where he passed the remainder of his hfe, and where his son Caswell now resides. His family joined him here, and he took up the life of a pioneer, feeling secure from any further pursuit Ile was never again molested, and passed to a peaceful old age and death. On a por- tion of his farm he erected a little log cabin, in which he conducted a daily school for the instruction of his own children, and as new settlers came to his neighborhood at a later date, he offered to their children the benefit of his fine attainments, free of charge. Under his training, his children grew to honorable and useful maturity. One, however, met a violent death while in the midst of happy, innocent hoyhood. After school hours, the children used the building for a play-house. On this occasion, a violent storm passed over this section, destroying crops and tearing away trees, and the absence of the son was marked by the family, who, however, supposed him to be safe in the school- house ; but after the storm the parents learned his fate ; he had started to the house, and the wind had uprooted n trec, which fell upon him as he ran, imprisoning him among its branches, where they found him, mangled and dead. This was the first death of a white person in the township. lle was interred on his father's farm.


OTHER EARLY SETTLERS,


In the full of 1829, Thomas B. Spencer located on a tract of land about a half-mile south of the present town of Boxley, where he remained during the winter of that year. In the following spring, he removed to a tract of Gov- ernment land at the present site of Boxley, aod, io 1833, cotered the land upon which he still resides, about four miles northwest of that town.


In 1830, John Blanche located on Section 32, and James L Masters settled upon an adjacent truet of land about the same time. Each entered his respect- ive tract in the following year. Z. Acords settled near the present site of Boxley in 1830. He cleared a farm, and subsequently removed to Delaware County, Ind., where he died.


Mr. Spencer was accompanied, in 1829, by his father and Washington MaKenzie, the latter a brother-in-law. Both subsequently returned to thio, anıl within a year or two Mr. Mckenzie came back and settled near the town of Boxley, where he improved a farm. At a later date, be purchased a farm near his brother in-law, Thomas B. Spencer, where he resided until his decease, at n recent date. In 1832, James Mann settled upon a tract of land in Section 27, and entered it in the following year, and Thomas J. Harbaugh set- tled on an adjoining tract at the same time. Thomas Jones settled, in 1832, on the farm now owned by W. P. Harbaugh. West of the present town of Boxley, Payton Harris settled in 1833, and Reuben Taosey io the following year. Jatoes Harbaugh settled on Section 27, in December, 1834, and Eher Teter settled on an adjoining tract in 1835. In the year 1834, land was cotered and settlements made in various portions of the township by the fol- lowing persons : Christopher Williams, on Section 1 ; Uri Hodson, on the saioe section ; JJoseph MeMurtry, on Section 11 ; Stephen Masters, on Section 22; James A. Lackey, on Sertion 23; George Bushton, on Section 25. The settlers of 1835 were Wilburn Davis, on Section fi ; Daniel Smith, on Sce- tion 10; Leroy Fitzpatrick, on Section 20; George Ramsey, on Section 26; James ligbec, on Section 28; Jeremiah Dunn, on Section 29, and Joseph Mc- Laughlin, on Secti m 30. In the same year, Heman Pearson entered land in Section 33, and came to reside upon it in 1836. Other settlers who came in the latter year were James Hawkins, who settled on Section 1; John B. lammack, on Sertion 9; Nathan Blanton, on Section 11 ; Thomas Moore, on the same section ; John Baldwin, on Section 17 ; Elias and Wesley Bowen, on the same section ; Joseph Horn, on Section 20; John Pearce, on Section 31, and Joseph P'. Pearson, on Section 33. In 1837, James K. Wiggs settled on Section 2, Thomas Harrold settled on Section 15, Daniel Anderson oo Section 29, and Elcazer Washburne oo Section 4.




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